Clarence Seward Darrow (ˈdæroʊ; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes Monkey Trial. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform.Called a sophisticated country lawyer, Darrows wit and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and civil libertarians in the nation. He defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early 20th century, including teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert Bobby Franks (1924); teacher John T. Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial (1925), in which he opposed statesman and orator William Jennings Bryan; and Ossian Sweet in a racially charged self-defense case (1926).
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